RiverClan Territory

[Mango]

Originally Posted by BILL.

"Why do cats want to be warriors?" Thistlestep countered. "Some cats prefer rearing over fighting or hunting. They remain valuable, productive members of the Clan.. but just in a different way." Dropped on head, confirmed. This wasn't a difficult subject to grasp.

Since they seemed to have plenty.. at least as far as he was concerned, he grabbed his stick to head back. "Come on, we'll drop these off with Fawn and we can head back out."

[ @Zesty Mango ]

Originally Posted by hope

letting out a tiny, tiny little high-pitched squeak, dayheart buried himself further into the bush as eveninglight prepared her jump into the bush. she couldn't say she'd found him if there were so many leaves in her face that she couldn't actually physically see him, right??! his paws grabbed at the dirt floor beneath him as he crouched down as low as he could, hoping that he was on a part of the bush that eveninglight didn't touch. his squeak, although it was the tiniest of tiny squeaks, had still been noticeable and would most likely lead to his -- unfortunate D: -- downfall. er, him getting caught.

Blizzardpaw flicked his tail,” But how do tom cats benefit as queens, my dad can’t have kits, why doesn’t he leave it up to the she-cats.” he meowed, he wasn’t trying to argue anymore, he simply was confused.
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Eveninglight extended her legs and felt fur,” Is that you Dayheart?” she purred praying silently it wasn’t a random clanmate that she was touching, that would be so awkward if it wasn’t Dayheart.

[BEAR.]

"He did have kits," Thistlestep reminded him, tail flicking impatiently as he headed back toward camp. "And he adopted kits. It does not matter if he physically carries them or not.. they are in his care."

[ @Zesty Mango ]

[Mango]

Originally Posted by BILL.

"He did have kits," Thistlestep reminded him, tail flicking impatiently as he headed back toward camp. "And he adopted kits. It does not matter if he physically carries them or not.. they are in his care."

[ @Zesty Mango ]

Blizzardpaw continued walking to camp alongside his mentor,” I guess, that makes sense. Then why aren’t there any other toms who are queens?“ he asked confused by it

[Starfall]

Originally Posted by hope

dayheart beamed at sleepypaw's laugh, his heart melting a little bit at how cool he probably seemed to sleepypaw! pfff, dayheart was hilarious.. n sleepypaw understood!! sleepypaw was the best!!! "we can do anYYTHINGG!! rules are for people that aren't called dayheart or sleepypaw! just no going off to other clansss! we can hunt, get moss, waste time, all of the above! we're mostly just supposed to go fishy fishy or get some nice ol prey, but we can do a lot! we've got all the time in the world!" they honestly did not have all the time in the world, but aaaa, rushing fun wasn't fun! they were going to have fun and do an amazing job of going on a patrol!

The grey feline listened to his Mentor, a worried expression phasing over his face. "I would like to become a Warrior at some point in time. So rules may be a little important for me right now." he laughed airly. Especially since he wasn't actually clanborn. But he was beginning to think he was...well overthinking it. No one had actually lashed out at him or his siblings for being non Riverclan. Well there was that incident with that psychotic kit...but he was pretty sure that was just something wrong with their head rather than their morals.

"I would love to learn how to hunt correctly...and maybe get some moss? I wanna make sure dad has a comfy bed, as well as the other Queens and Kits in the nursery." he stated, hopping a little to keep up with Dayheart. The Apprentice was still trying to figure out how exactly he was supposed to react to all this...energy that was thrown his way. It wasn't that it was unwelcome, but it was...well he couldn't explain it. It wasn't normal for him. Was he supposed to match the energy? Was he supposed to balance it out to perhaps tone it down? Either way, Sleepypaw found it incredibly intrueging.

Originally Posted by kittygirl

featherpaw bumped him when he made that joke, "well it wasn't that hard, but I did fall in the first try!" she huffed, "firehawk said as long as i kept my shadow out of the water i'd be "golden" but I hit the water with my paw too hard and fell in..I didn't feel golden, I felt like a saggy wet ball of fur." featherpaw explained with a miserable sigh.

@Starfall

Gentlethunder couldn't do anything more than laugh, and he laughed hard. After taking a few moments to catch his breath he placed his tail on her shoulder and gave her a grin. "It's alright. Everyone starts out that way unless their past life was them being a fish." he snickered. "When I first started learning how to swim, I managed to land belly first. It stung real bad." he grimmaced just thinking about it. "Also, hate to break this to ya, but we're all saggy wet balls of fur when we get out of the water." with that, he began to pick up the pace. Only slowing his roll when his paws started plopping against cold stone. They found themselves on a rock ledge, a shaded pool of water hidden just beneath it. "Do you know anything about fishing yet?" he asked as he began to wind around the ledge, making his way to the bank of the river.

[Shade.]

Originally Posted by PeppermintRabbit

@Shadeleaf "Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry I missed it though." Brightpaw was slightly embarrassed she missed the mouse in such a stupid way. "Can I try again?"

Lotusheart smiled.
"Of course. This time try from further away or at least hold on to the mouse when you roll. You could invent a new hunting style where you make the prey die of dizzyness." she laughed.

[skreelyshark]

@StealthWarrior

"Yes! You're a fast learner!" he exclaimed before quickly hiding his excitement. "But you have to tuck in your paws and stop wagging your tail."

[duckie]

Sootflare
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The deputy found himself wandering into the territory around midday, itching to get out of the camp and away from, well, everyone. His paws drew him to the riverbank as they always seemed to do when he couldn't manage to get out of his own head. Listening to the flow of the water and letting the cold sensation run over his paws was calming and grounding. Today, however, he was interrupted by the sounds of splashing and coughing just downstream as two kits emerged from the river, water-logged and confused. They looked like... mini Bumblebellys. These two couldn't possibly be his kits, could they? Padding over, he blinked several times to make sure he wasn't seeing things, and by the time he had reached them they were, in fact, still there and very real.

"What in the stars are you two doing?" he demanded. They weren't RiverClan kits, that much he could tell. They were oddly... scentless? Lacking the smells that would cling to any clanner or loner, like they had just... appeared out of thin air. He wanted to demand where they came from, where their parents were, and what they were doing here but something told him they were just as lost as he was for the answer to those questions, "Are... you alright?"

[ @Romulus @Starfall @wren ]

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"And what, exactly, do you think you're doing?" Sootflare, mewed flatly from over the tom's shoulder The deputy had emerged from camp soon after Lionstar dismissed the meeting and wasn't very pleased to find this little runt kicking around outside, "Last I recall, Lionstar told you he didn't want you here and I escorted you out of camp, Largekit. You have one chance to explain yourself before I chase you out of here with your tail between your legs."

[ @WarriorsAndHorses ]

[StealthWarrior]

"Okay." Stealthpaw adjusted her positioning so that it fell in line with all the criteria, "Is this better?" she asked, wanting to get it right @esa

[skreelyshark]

@StealthWarrior

"Yes now slowly approach the vole. You've got to keep your senses focused on the vole but also on your surroundings. Be careful not to rustle the reeds and take your time until you're close enough to pounce." Reedwhisker wondered if the new apprentice was too inexperienced to catch such a small and alert prey animal but hid any hint of doubt. He sat down and watched Stealthpaw advance.

[ChillCat]

Brightpaw really liked Lotusheart. She was the best mentor ever! Brightpaw bunched herself up again and tried to get into position. "Is this right?" @Shadeleaf